Rivet holding and transporting device



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Speci'cation` of Letters Patent;

Patented Feb.l y24, 1920.

Application 1ed`Apri1 23, 1919. Serial No. 292,114.

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Be it known that I, AMBRosE L. MOORE,

Sr., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Orleans, inthe parish' of Orleans and State of Louisiana, h'aveinvented anew anduseful Improvement in Rivet Holding and Transporting Devices, followingis a specification.

My present invention 'relates generally tothe distribution of vheatedrivetsin Vconnection with structural steel operations where, accordingto thev present practice, it is necessary to have many small forges'atvarious` points at Vor nearthe points ,of use.

This practice promotes 'many inconveniences, particularly in connectionwith bridge building, and the main object of my invention is theprovision of simple effective means whereby rivets in a heated state maybe distributed from a central heating point and transported considerabledistances in the without losing their heat and without danger to nearbyworkmen.

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Referring now to these figures, my inf vention proposes a rivet carrier,the body 10 of which has inner and outer walls 11 and 12, the body 10being vertically cylindrical and the walls 11 and 12 being spaced apartto provide for necessary insulation of the inner chamber within theinner wall 11. An intermediate wall 18 is also preferably employed inspaced relation around the in-y form an annular vacuum chamber 14therebetween, and still have an annular space between the saidintermediate wall 18 and the outer wall 12 for the reception of suitableinsulating material 15. The top 16 of the body is cut away above theupper open end of the inner or central chamber and has guides for alaterally slid* ing cover 17 provided'with an outer handle slide 27having anopening The particular means I preferably employ 18, and thistop 16 also has at diametrically opposed points a pair of upstandinglugs or brackets 19.-

;To the lugs or brackets attached a handle, or, as shown in and 2, thedepending bail 20 21 having wheels 22 for movement on' a guiding cable23 or any suitable overhead track. i

The base 24 of the body is similarly cut away below the lower `open endof the inner or central chamber and has guides `for upper and lowerdischarge plates 25 and 26 having non-alined openings, and a dischargeshiftable' from a point opposite the opening of plate 25 to the openingof plate 26 and vice versa. The plate 25 in its normal position has itsopening alined with the axis of the inner chamberand with the opening ofthe discharge slide 27 when the latter is in its inner position. Thedischarge slide 27` is moreover of a thickness of a rivet so as toaccommodate a rivet and shift the same into discharge position by virtueof alinement with thedischarge plate opening. These plates 25 and 26have outer handles 28 and 29 and the discharge slide 19y there may beFigs. 1

` 27 has Van outer handle 30.

Theinner chamber within the inner 11 receives a cylindrical, axiallyboredrivet vcontainer 31 formed of metal or some suitablevheat-receiving material so that it may, if desired, be heated alongwith a supply of rivets 32 disposed in end to end relation within itsbore. After being so heatedrthe container is slipped into the innerchamber, and with the upper discharge plate 25 partially removed it isobvious the lower end of the bore will be closed. Likewise, with thecover 18 in eective position the upper end of the boreis closed sothatwith the vacuum space 14 and the surrounding insulation, it is obviousthe holder-may be transported for wall of a carriage a considerabledistance without danger of `this rivet to drop out through the openingof the `discharge plate 26.

If so desired, the lower end of the container 31 may have guides 33 fora bottom closure (not shown) for use therewith while the lower end ofthe chamber and including 25 heating the container and its supply of rvamember movable to individually discharge ets, the latter of which may beseparated by the rivets from the chamber. small disks of asbestos orlike material to 4. A rivet holder having a body or casing preventsticking. Y provided with an inner insulated chamber I claim for therivets, a top closure, andy a base hav- 30 1. A rivet holder having abody or casing ing discharge plates provided with lnonprovided with aninner insulated chamber, alined Vopeningsand a discharge slide movaremovable closure above'saidfehamber, a able between said plates andhaving a rivet rivet container movable into and out of the receivingopening shi'i'tablerinto alinement chamber, and a discharge membernormally i with the opening of each of vsaid plates. 35 v closingl thelower end of the chamber. 5. A rivet holder having a body or casing 2. Arivet holder having aibody or casing provided with an inner insulatedchamber, provided with an insulated chamber, a disa removable closureabove said chamber, a charge slide having a rivet receiving aperrivetcontainer movable into and out of the ture and normally closing thelower end of chamber, and a. base normally closing the 40 said chamber,.a removable closure. for the lower endof the chamber and includingldisupper end of the chamber, and a tubular' charge plates provided withnon-alined disrivet holder removably disposed in said charge openings,and a discharge slide movchamber. i able between said plates and havinga rivet 3. A rivet. holder having a body o1' casing receiving openingshiftable into alinement 45 provided withV an inner rivet chamber, withthe discharge opening of each of! said means normally` closing the'upper end ,of plates. ,t I said chamber, and means normally closing t np AMBROSEL. MOORE, SRL

